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Don't think Pulis is to blame as the exact same midfield played so well at home in
the last game. I don't agree with playing Baird though, especially at home. The guy
just doesn't get forward enough to play full back anymore. Wisdom or Gamboa
would've been better choices. The result probably wouldn't be much different though
given the wholesale poor performances.

Pressure is on next week now. We will need to be a lot better.

What's a Manager for? Not knocking Pulis overall, but if he can't get the best out of his players, ie putting them in the right frame of mind, massaging egos, playing the right players in their best, comfortable position, what DOES he do? It's no good him saying the players weren't showing enough fight/concentration etc, and "they've been reading too much Social Media comments saying they're safe". It's the Manager (Head Coach) job to fire them up, which Irvine clearly didn't - but Pulis is not doing it well enough either, based on some performances.

Read this bit of Social Media:
If you don't beat Leicester, you're going down with a great big salary drop. There''s every chance you'll get "NIL POINTS" from your last 5 games. And if your Head Coach can't liven you up for Saturday's match, he'll be down the road as well.